Name-plate



' (No Model.)

J. G. IVES.

NAME PLATE.

N0. 587,81-2. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. IVES, OF \VATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

NAM E-PLATE.

SPEGIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,312, dated August3, 1897.

A plication fil d November 16, 1896. Serial No. 612,333- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN C. hires, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at WVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inName-Plates Adapted for Use on Bicycles and the Like, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a fiatwise view of a name-plate embodyingsaid improvement before it is bent around and adapted to embrace such athing, for instance, as a bicycle-post. Fig. 2 is a top view of the samename-plate embracing a post.

The object of the improvement is the production of a name-plate offlexible metal that can be made as an' article of manufacture with aname and address placed thereon capable of being taken by theconsumer-as, for instance, the owner of a bicycleand by him readily andpermanently attached to a post of a bicycle in manner both sightly andornamental.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes the body of thename-plate, made of any suitable flexible metal. The letter 6 denoteseyes near one end thereof. The letter 0 denotes tongues at the other endthereof which are adapted to enter the eyes, as shown in Fig. 2, and bebent back upon themselves.

The letter 01 denotes rivet-holes made in the tongues. In order toutilize them, he who is attaching the name-plate to the post when heintroduces the tongues through the eyes and bends the tongues back uponthemselves so adjusts the bending of the tongue that two of theserivet-holes come into the same alinement, so that they can receive arivet. It will be understood that in such a case the rivet is to beinserted from underneath before the tongue is passed through the eyeandbent back upon itself. Of course after the rivet is inserted in placeit is then headed down, as indicated in Fig. 2.

This device has been hereinbefore spoken of as adapted for use uponbicycles. It is of course usable upon a cane, umbrella-stick, orelsewhere.

Of course the support to which this nameplate is attached maybe of anysuitable shape in cross-section.

I claim as my improvement- A name-plate of flexible metal with an eyenear one end and a tongue at the other endprovided with rivet-holes-andadapted to enter said eye and bend back upon itself so as to bring tworivet-holes into alinement, all substantially as described and for thepurposes set forth.

JOHN C. IVES.

Witnesses:

W. E. SIMoNns, ANDREW FERGUSON.

